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Where does “doutor” come from?

doutor (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

doutor (Old Portuguese): scholar

Definitions

  1. scholar

Ancestry of “doutor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “doutor”

  • doutor
  • doutorzinho
  • dotolo
  • दोतोर
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →